Re: [Gimp-user] Enhancing a carbon

[Brendan Scott <disposableemail apps opensourcelaw biz>]

On 09/11/2013 02:32 PM, Leonard Evens wrote:
> My wife was involved in an auto accident, and the police gave her a copy
> of their report.  It is essentially  a carbon of the original.  The text
> they entered is very hard to read, and I was hoping to enhance it so I
> can send a copy to our insurance company which they can read.
>
> So far, nothing I've tried, such as curves, contrast, etc, has done much
> good.   Does anyone have any suggestions about what I should try?

I think you're overengineering the solution.
Send them the scan you have, plus hand write or type up what you can decipher.